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Trace Element Analysis of Bone from Past Populations in the Peninsula of Yucatan

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 August 2012

Saul Chay ,
Mónica Rodríguez ,
Patricia Quintana  and
Vera Tiesler
Saul Chay
Affiliation:
Facultad de Ciencias Antropológicas, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Mérida Mexico. e-mail: sachayvela@hotmail.com
Mónica Rodríguez
Affiliation:
Facultad de Ciencias Antropológicas, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Mérida Mexico. e-mail: sachayvela@hotmail.com
Patricia Quintana
Affiliation:
Departamento de Física Aplicada, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados (CINVESTAV) Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico. e-mail: pquin@mda.cinvestav.mx
Vera Tiesler
Affiliation:
Facultad de Ciencias Antropológicas, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Mérida Mexico. e-mail: sachayvela@hotmail.com
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Abstract

This dietary study compares concentrations of trace elements in human skeletal series from the municipal cemetery of Xoclán, in Mérida, Yucatan, and a skeletal collection that was donated by the Yucatecan State Justice Department (PGH). The results from these modern samples are to be compared to those obtained from human collections from a colonial cemetery from Campeche and the pre-Hispanic Maya site of Xcambó. Our results indicate that the archaeological series show higher concentrations of Sr compared to the modern populations, both of which showed very similar values. Zn concentrations were similar when the modern values were compared to those derived from the colonial series from Campeche. Xcambó´s population, in turn, shows a high degree of variability in Zn values, which may be due to diagenetic contamination.

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bonechemical compositionx-ray fluorescence
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1374: Symposium S8 – Cultural Heritage and Archaeological Issues in Materials Science , 2012 , pp. 227 - 233
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2012

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